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The Wiltshire town of Amesbury has been confired as the UK's oldest settlement. The town, notable for being the location of Stonehenge, has been continually occupied since around the year 8820BC, experts have found. The news was confirmed following an archaeological dig which also unearthed...

Tired of writing with traditional pen and paper? Then you'll want to pay attention to Lix's device. Their 3D printing pen enables you to write and draw in the air by melting plastic. This means at the touch of a button you can create freestanding objects in a matter of seconds. London-based...

A "rare" 16th Century "royal" silver vervel found in a Norfolk field has revealed the hunting habits of Charles Brandon, the first duke of Suffolk. The 23mm (0.9in) ring, found in December 2012, was worn by a bird of prey around its foot to identify its owner. Adrian Marsden, finds officer...

The medieval equivalent of a cotton bud has been declared treasure after being found in Norfolk. The 1 inch (28mm) "ear scoop" and sheath handle were discovered by a metal detector enthusiast in Fincham. The "toilet implement" was among a number of items to appear at a treasure inquest in...

Here's a bittersweet British comedy you should watch. It is funny but also packed with touching, tender moments. Like a previous work of Ricky Gervais's - The Office - this show is presented in mockumentary style. Series 2 has just started. Here are the first two episodes from last year's...

2014 marks 300 years since the House of Hanover took to the Throne of the new nation of Great Britain. The 1701 Act of Settlement decreed that Roman Catholics cannot ascend the British throne, and so took all Catholics out of the Line of Succession. The Act was prompted by the failure of...

When a cricket team bowled out their opposition for a low score, they must have gone into bat confident of an easy victory. However, Wirral Cricket Club, who play in the Cheshire League Division Three, did even worse. In fact, they were bowled out for just THREE runs against Haslington, who...

The Dutch have this weekend been celebrating their first ever King's Day. Our next door neighbours have clad themselves in orange - the national colours of the Netherlands - to honour King Willem Alexander, who became king on 30th April last year after his mother, Queen Beatrice, abdicated...

Five British service personnel have been killed after their helicopter crashed yesterday in southern Afghanistan. Three of the servicemen, from the Army Air Corps, and an airman, from the Royal Air Force, were stationed at RAF Odiham, in Hampshire, the Ministry of Defence said. The fifth...

The visits of sports teams to Nazi Germany in the 1930s still generate controversy today, from the Berlin Olympics' anti-Semitism to the England football team's Nazi salute in 1938. But a new book tells the story of a cricket team from Worcestershire which, founded in 1848, predated...

BREAKING NEWS Camilla's brother and Prince Charles's brother-in-law Mark Shand is critical in hospital on life support after falling and smashing his head outside a New York club. BREAKING NEWS: Duchess of Cornwall's brother, 62, fighting for life after smashing head in fall outside New York...

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has promised there will be a political earthquake if his anti-EU, anti-immigration party win next month's EU elections - and they are the favourites to do so. Launching UKIP's campaign, he argued his policies on immigration and the EU were "straightforward" and...

When Paul and Nicola Walling decided to add an extension to their home, the couple came across a macabre discovery in their garden. In the ground a builder discovered around 40 bones in the soil and, when he guessed they were human bones, called the police. Experts now believe the bones are...

Daniel Hannan, the eurosceptic Conservative MEP for South East England, has hit back at United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo, over her claims of a sexist culture in Britain... DANIEL HANNAN: Corrupt and incompetent, the UN has no right to lecture us UN's Rashida Manjoo has...

The Royal Navy has today revealed its 3D radar system which can track missiles - before knocking them out of the sky. The cutting-edge system, called Artisan, will make it almost impossible for an enemy missile to hit a Royal Navy ship and was tested by 180 sailors onboard Type 23 frigate HMS...

Archaeologists in the city of Leicester, Leicestershire have discovered the 2,000-year-old paw prints of a dog pressed into a tile of a Corieltauvi townhouse. A number of other prints, including those of sheep and goats, were also discovered. The Corieltauvi were a British tribe of people who...

On the weekend in which English football has marked the 25th anniversary of Hillsborough, Liverpool took a giant step towards becoming English champions for the first time since 1990. A tearful Steven Gerrard gave an impassioned speech to his Liverpool team-mates after they moved into pole...

The Duke of Cambridge seemed to let it slip that his wife may be pregnant again. In an unguarded comment on a walkabout in the small New Zealand town of Cambridge, William dropped the biggest hint yet that he and Kate plan to extend their family. On day six of their tour, they braved drizzly...

David Cameron speaks of the "peace" and "guidance" he finds in his Christian faith David Cameron has spoken of the "peace" and "guidance" he finds in his Christian faith. In a rare comment on his own religious beliefs, the prime minister stressed the importance of teaching children about the...

A skeleton found in Racton, West Sussex, in the 1980s could be that of a Bronze Age king. Racton Man is one of just a handful of skeletons to have been found with a dagger, suggesting he could have been an important person such as a priest or a king. Now researchers hope that scientific...